Ford, Gerald Rudolph Jr, 1913-2006

Date: 1972 - 1980

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-132-845/863

Description: Includes cartoons on: the flooding of the Clutha Valley, the housie-influenced mother, TV commercials (ie election propaganda) a good time to make a cup of tea, panic among ANZ bank customers over threatened closures, dogs which steal, influencing the sex of an unborn child, the rising cost of living, supply of arms to the Middle East (Richard Nixon supplies Moshe Dayan, and Brezhnev supplies Nasser?), commemmoration of the battle of Britain seen as a rugby game, Haile Selassie (?) knocks his head against the UN Security Council brick wall, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as the puppetmaster of Turkish and Greek armies, Vietnamese boy asks what peace is, US President Gerald Ford gets advice from a guard who is holding aloft a USA top hat which is being riddled with bullet holes, British PM Edward Heath steps into the political limelight, terrorist Ugandan President Idi Amin arrives at a British conference and sends the British scurrying, huge piles of containers are backed up in the harbour, New Zealand's helping hand to Rhodesia does not includes acceptance of black immigrants, French President Giscard D'Estaing attacks New Zealand sheep exports. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Inscriptions: Recto - Signed by artist. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1976 - 1984

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-350/370

Description: Includes cartoons about Ian Smith requesting Commonwealth protection for Rhodesia, aid agencies overcome with disasters and famine, Arab hijackers, Gerald Ford withstanding attack from Ronald Reagan, Mrs Gandhi and democracy in India, Idi Amin and Uganda, Rob Muldoon defusing Irish troubles, Idi Amin at the Commonwealth Conference 1977, hijackers and metal detectors at airports, President Jimmy Carter and the neutron bomb, South Africa-Transkei relations, US-Russia detente, Harold Wilson in charge of Great Britain, Gerald Ford, New Zealanders emigrate to Australia, assassination of world leaders including Mrs Gandhi. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: [1960s-1980s]

From: Rowling, Wallace Edward, 1927-1995 :Official photographs

Reference: PAColl-9589-4

Description: Miscellaneous photographs of Rowling in political activities overseas and at home. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1974 - 1975

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-326/349

Description: Includes cartoons about the Arab hijackers, British elections, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, child victims of war, Gerald Ford toppling President Richard Nixon, withdrawal of NZ government support for CORSO, British nuclear testing, Nixon's demise and resignation, Hugh Watt, the spectre of Watergate, world food crisis, Gough Whitlam (Australian PM) flies to Britain, Mrs Thatcher's ambition for almost royal power in Britain, Richard Nixon dancing with Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, hijacking of planes, Idi Amin, Egypt at war, Indonesia and East Timor, Razak and Malaysia. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 24 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1976

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

Reference: C-132-353

Description: Shows President Gerald Ford speaking at a conference, as "cowboy" Ronald Reagan storms in through the swing doors reaching for his guns. Original drawing for the cartoon published in the Dominion, 18 September 1976. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 360 x 503 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January 1976 - June 1977].

Reference: A-331-036

Description: The cartoon shows a man in a wheel chair representing Britain. He is an old man with an old Roman style military helmet and a three pronged lance with one of the heads broken off. He is smoking a cigarette and has a blanket keeping him warm. The wheel chair is being pushed by a man who is possibly former American president Gerald Ford. Refers to differences in methods between Britain and the United States. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 255 x 185mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January 1976 - June 1977].

Reference: A-331-044

Description: The cartoon is in four parts. The sequence is of a man trying to wake the cartoonist up, wanting him to do a cartoon on the American elections. However it seems impossible for the man to wake him and eventually he gives up. Refers to the American preseidential elections, 1976. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 260 x 195mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: [1977]

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

By: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003; Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: A-454-361

Description: A board leans up against a brick wall with the heading “News – Ford Pardons Tokyo Rose”. Two men have turned to read it, both wearing shirts and shorts, one with a hat that says “RSA”. One man is commenting “There’s some talk that Muldoon may now pardon Brian Edwards”. Refers to United States of America President Gerald Ford pardoning Iva D'Aquino (also known as “Tokyo Rose”) for treason whilst being a broadcaster in Japan during World War Two. Also refers to television presenter Brian Edwards who was known for pushing the boundaries. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 245 x 210 mm

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-951/971

Description: Includes cartoons about: Spandau, a nation of petitioners; America and the Vietnam war, volunteer army; Richard Nixon kept cool over Vietnam; Spiro Agnew politically interred 1973; Richard Nixon treading a fine line; Britain develops a course to teach how to keep the country running after a nuclear war; Kissinger takes a tour to the Middle East; the olive branch as a symbol for peace; political unrest in Spain; Gerald Ford treads through the dirt as U.S. president; Richard Nixon, Watergate; Jimmy Carter; Vietnam 1960 - 1975; British compulsory seat belt bill 1979; small countries taken over by bigger countries, Soviet Union < China < Vietnam < Cambodia; immigration in New Zealand; crisis for America in Cuba; relations are tense between the Middle East and the West; the year of the child; an unemployed man trying to sell spy stories outside Buckingham Palace, reference to James Bond. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-816

Description: This cartoon relates to a second assassination attempt on US President Ford and is set in a family living room. The woman is reading the paper about the event and her daughter is standing next to her. They are looking indignantly at the man who is standing in front of the heater, lighting his pipe and suggesting that women can't shoot well Label on recto dated Wed 24/9/75 Extended Title - Second attempt on Life of President - Another Woman Arrested Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone,320 x 380 mm

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[27 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star between 1971 and 1978.]

Reference: A-130-030

Description: Cartoon shows three foreign leaders (Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, Gerald Ford of the United States and Malcolm Fraser of Australia) paddling in a tub labelled Indian Ocean. Robert Muldoon races towards the tub from the right, proclaiming "Room for one more!!" Other Titles - January Other Titles - Muldoon backs American bases over Indian Ocean. Muldoon comments on Indian Ocean Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 168 x 239 mm.

Date: 1975

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :60 cartoon photocopies published 1975 - 1976 in Sunday News.

Reference: H-358-024

Description: Shows U. S. President Gerald Ford standing next to a police officer. The police officer is trying to calm down a group of angry women who are waiving guns and daggers at Ford. He seems baffled by their attitude towards him. Refers to Ford's attitudes to women's rights. Extended Title - Ford. "I thought I was nice". Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, a4 size Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.